Title: Super Metroid (スーパーメトロイド, Sūpā Metoroido) [Wikipedia] [IMDb] Developers: Nintendo R&D1, Intelligent Systems Publisher: Nintendo Designers: Yoshio Sakamoto (director), Makoto Kano (producer) Platforms: Super Nintendo Entertainment System Release date: March 19, 1994 (JP) PROMO: Collateral Cinema Movie Podcast (@CCinemaPodcast) SHOWNOTES: For …

Featured Game Reviews: The First Descendant [Wikipedia] [IMDb] Black Myth: Wukong [Wikipedia] [IMDb] Marvel Rivals [Wikipedia] [IMDb] ...and several more! PROMO: Collateral Cinema Movie Podcast (@CCinemaPodcast) SHOWNOTES: Following 2023 in gaming was a tough act, but 2024 delivered! This last year, we had a lot of bangers, too many to talk about o…

PROMO: Collateral Cinema Movie Podcast (@CCinemaPodcast) SHOWNOTES: The holidays have come and gone, and we're wrapping them up with our annual tradition of visiting The Angry Video Game Nerd! This time, Ash and Beau give our top 5 favorite episodes from Season 3. Unless you'd rather have a buffalo diarrhea dump in your ear, or eat the rotten assho…

Titles: The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time (ゼルダの伝説 時のオカリナ, Zeruda no Densetsu: Toki no Okarina) [Wikipedia] [IMDb] The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time 3D (ゼルダの伝説 時のオカリナ 3D, Zeruda no Densetsu: Toki no Okarina 3D) [Wikipedia] [IMDb] Developers: Nintendo EAD Grezzo, Nintendo EAD Tokyo (add'l support) (3D) Publisher: Nintendo Designers: Toru Osawa,…

Title: The Grinch [Wikipedia] [IMDb] Developers: Artificial Mind & Movement (PS1/DC), Konami (PC) Publisher: Konami Platforms: PlayStation, Dreamcast, Microsoft Windows Release date: November 10, 2000 (PS1: NA) PROMO: Collateral Cinema Movie Podcast (@CCinemaPodcast) COLLAB: Collateral Cinema Video Game Podcast (@CCinemaPodcast) SHOWNOTES: We hope …

Titles: The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time (ゼルダの伝説 時のオカリナ, Zeruda no Densetsu: Toki no Okarina) [Wikipedia] [IMDb] The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time 3D (ゼルダの伝説 時のオカリナ 3D, Zeruda no Densetsu: Toki no Okarina 3D) [Wikipedia] [IMDb] Developers: Nintendo EAD Grezzo, Nintendo EAD Tokyo (add'l support) (3D) Publisher: Nintendo Designers: Toru Osawa,…

Title: Mario & Luigi: Brothership (マリオ&ルイージRPG ブラザーシップ!, Mario ando Ruīji Aru Pī Jī: Burazāshippu!, lit. Mario & Luigi RPG: Brothership!) [Wikipedia] [IMDb] Developer(s): Acquire, Racjin (add'l work) Publisher: Nintendo Designers: Shunsuke Kobayashi, Nobuo Nakazawa, Jun Iwasaki, Akiko Sugimoto Platform: Nintendo Switch Release date: November 7, 202…

Title: Silent Hill 2 [Wikipedia] [IMDb] Developer(s): Bloober Team, Team Silent (original game) Publisher: Konami Digital Entertainment Designer: Mateusz Lenart Platforms: PlayStation 5, Windows Release date: October 8, 2024 PROMO: Collateral Cinema Movie Podcast (@CCinemaPodcast) SHOWNOTES: Collateral Gaming returns to Silent Hill once more in Par…

Title: Doom [Wikipedia] [IMDb] Developer(s): id Software, Certain Affinity (multiplayer), BattleCry Studios (post-launch updates), Escalation Studios (SnapMap), Zenimax Online Studios (add'l work) Publisher: Bethesda Softworks Designers: Marty Stratton, Hugo Martin (directors); Adam Gascoine (writer) Platformers: PlayStation 4, Windows, Xbox One, N…

Title: Street Fighter [Wikipedia] [IMDb] Director: Steven E. de Souza Producers: Edward R. Pressman, Kenzo Tsujimoto Writer(s): Steven E. de Souza (screenplay), Capcom (original game) Stars: Jean-Claude Van Damme, Raul Julia, Ming-Na Wen, Damian Chapa, Kylie Minogue, Wes Studi Release date: December 23, 1994 (US) PROMO: Retro Anime Podcast (@retroa…

Title: Silent Hill 2 [Wikipedia] [IMDb] Developer: Bloober Team, Team Silent (original game) Publisher: Konami Digital Entertainment Designer: Mateusz Lenart Platforms: PlayStation 5, Windows Release date: October 8, 2024 PROMO: Collateral Cinema Movie Podcast (@CCinemaPodcast) SPECIAL GUEST: Robert Ortegon (@Robertortegon3), Collateral Cinema Movi…

Title: Call of Duty: Black Ops 6 [Wikipedia] [IMDb] Developers: Treyarch, Raven Software, Beenox (PC) Publisher: Activision Designers: Justin Negrete, Steve Bianchi Platforms: PlayStation 4, PlayStation 5, Windows, Xbox One, Xbox Series X/S Release date: October 25, 2024 PROMO: Collateral Cinema Movie Podcast (@CCinemaPodcast) SHOWNOTES: On the lat…

Featured Game Review: Parasite Eve (パラサイト・イヴ, Parasaito Ivu) [Wikipedia] [IMDb] PROMO: Collateral Cinema Movie Podcast (@CCinemaPodcast) SHOWNOTES: Halloween may be over, but we have some post-holiday content for you on Collateral Gaming: Bonus Round! On this special episode, Ash and Beau review SquareSoft's 1998 survival horror RPG Parasite Eve, a…

Title: Doom [Wikipedia] [IMDb] Developer: id Software Publisher: id Software Designers: John Romero, Tom Hall, Sandy Petersen Platforms: MS-DOS, 32X, Atari Jaguar, Mac OS, PC-98, SNES, PlayStation, 3DO, Windows, Sega Saturn, RISC OS, Game Boy Advance, Xbox, Xbox 360, iOS, PlayStation 3, Android, Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 4, Xbox One, PlayStation…

Title: The Legend of Zelda: Echoes of Wisdom (ゼルダの伝説 知恵のかりもの, Zeruda no Densetsu: Chie no Karimono) [Wikipedia] [IMDb] Developers: Nintendo EPD, Grezzo Publisher: Nintendo Designers: Satoshi Terada, Tomomi Sano (directors); Eiji Aonuma (producer) Platform: Nintendo Switch Release date: September 26, 2024 PROMO: Collateral Cinema Movie Podcast (@CCi…

Title(s): Ace Attorney Investigations Collection (逆転検事1&2 御剣セレクション, Gyakuten Kenji 1＆2: Mitsurugi Serekushon, lit. Turnabout Prosecutor 1＆2: Mitsurugi Selection) [Wikipedia] [IMDb] Ace Attorney Investigations: Miles Edgeworth (逆転検事, Gyakuten Kenji, lit. Turnabout Prosecutor) [Wikipedia] [IMDb] Ace Attorney Investigations 2: Prosecutor's Gambit (逆転検…

Title: James Bond 007: Nightfire [Wikipedia] [IMDb] Developers: Eurocom, Gearbox Software (PC), Aspyr (Mac), JV Games (GBA) Publisher(s): EA Games, MGM Interactive (co-publisher) Designers: Tim Rogers, Landon Montgomery (PC) (directors); Danny Bilson, Paul De Meo (writers) Platforms: GameCube, PlayStation 2, Xbox, Microsoft Windows, Game Boy Advanc…

Title: James Bond 007: Nightfire [Wikipedia] [IMDb] Developers: Eurocom, Gearbox Software (PC), Aspyr (Mac), JV Games (GBA) Publisher(s): EA Games, MGM Interactive (co-publisher) Designers: Tim Rogers, Landon Montgomery (PC) (directors); Danny Bilson, Paul De Meo (writers) Platforms: GameCube, PlayStation 2, Xbox, Microsoft Windows, Game Boy Advanc…

Title(s): The Great Ace Attorney Chronicles [Wikipedia] [IMDb] The Great Ace Attorney 2: Resolve (大逆転裁判２ -成歩堂龍ノ介の覺悟-, Dai Gyakuten Saiban: Naruhodō Ryūnosuke no Kakugo, lit. Great Turnabout Trial: The Resolve of Ryūnosuke Naruhodō) [Wikipedia] [IMDb] Developer: Capcom Publisher: Capcom Designer(s): Shu Takumi (director) Shu Takumi, Yoichiro Ikeda, …

Title: Elden Ring Shadow of the Erdtree (エルデンリング シャドウ オブ ジ エルドツリー, Eruden Ringu Shadō obu ji Erudotsurī) [Wikipedia] [IMDb] Developer: FromSoftware Publisher(s): Bandai Namco Entertainment, FromSoftware (JP) Designers: Hidetaka Miyazaki (director/writer), Yui Tanimura (director), George R. R. Martin (writer), Yosuke Kayugawa, Ryu Matsumoto Platform…

Title: Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door (ペーパーマリオRPG, Paper Mario RPG) [Wikipedia] [IMDb] Developer(s): Intelligent Systems, Tose (assisting) Publisher: Nintendo Designer(s): Masahiko Nagaya, Ryota Kawade (original) Platform: Nintendo Switch Release date: May 23, 2024 PROMO: Collateral Cinema Movie Podcast (@CCinemaPodcast) SHOWNOTES: Running lat…

Title(s): The Great Ace Attorney Chronicles [Wikipedia] [IMDb] The Great Ace Attorney: Adventures (大逆転裁判 ‐成歩堂龍ノ介の冒険‐, Dai Gyakuten Saiban: Naruhodō Ryūnosuke no Bōken, lit. Great Turnabout Trial: The Adventures of Ryūnosuke Naruhodō) [Wikipedia] [IMDb] Developer: Capcom Publisher: Capcom Designer(s): Shu Takumi (director) Shu Takumi, Yoichiro Ikeda…

Title: E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial [Wikipedia] [IMDb] Developer: Atari, Inc. Publisher: Atari, Inc. Designer: Howard Scott Warshaw Platform: Atari 2600 Release: December 1982 PROMO: Collateral Cinema Movie Podcast (@CCinemaPodcast) SHOWNOTES: It's finally time. Collateral Gaming is reviewing perhaps the most well-known video game cited as the worst …

Title(s): Plumbers Don't Wear Ties [Wikipedia] [IMDb] Plumbers Don't Wear Ties: Definitive Edition Developer(s): United Pixtures Limited Run Games (DE) Publishers: United Pixtures, Kirin Entertainment (3DO) Limited Run Games (DE) Designer: Michael Anderson Platforms: 3DO Interactive Multiplayer, Microsoft Windows PlayStation 4, PlayStation 5, Xbox …

Title: Fable II [Wikipedia] [IMDb] Developer: Lionhead Studios Publisher: Microsoft Game Studios Designer: Peter Molyneux Platform: Xbox 360 Release date: October 21, 2008 (NA) PROMO: Collateral Cinema Movie Podcast (@CCinemaPodcast) SHOWNOTES: In Part 2 of our Anniversary Special, Ash and Megan look back at 2008's Fable II! Following our discussio…

Title: Final Fantasy VII Rebirth [Wikipedia] [IMDb] Developer: Square Enix Creative Business Unit I Publisher: Square Enix Designers: Naoki Hamaguchi, Motomu Toriyama, Tetsuya Nomura (directors); Yoshinori Kitase (producer); Teruki Endo, Masanori Sato Platform: PlayStation 5 Release date: February 29, 2024 PROMO: Collateral Cinema Movie Podcast (@C…

Title: The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt [Wikipedia] [IMDb] Developer(s): CD Projekt Red, D3T (addtl programming), Saber Interactive (Switch) Publisher: CD Projekt Designers: Konrad Tomaszkiewicz, Mateusz Kanik, Sebastian Stępień (directors) Platforms: PlayStation 4, Windows, Xbox One, Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X/S PROMO: Collateral Cinema…

Title: Persona 3 Reload (ペルソナ3 リロード, Perusona 3 Rirōdo) [Wikipedia] [IMDb] Developer: P-Studio Publishers: Sega, Atlus (JP) Designers: Takuya Yamaguchi, Katsura Hashino (original) (directors); Kai Suehiro Platforms: PlayStation 4, PlayStation 5, Windows, Xbox One, Xbox Series X/S Release date: February 2, 2024 PROMO: Collateral Cinema Movie Podcast…

Title(s): Fable [Wikipedia] [IMDb] Fable: The Lost Chapters Fable Anniversary Developer(s): Big Blue Box Studios (original) Lionhead Studios (TLC/Anniversary), Robosoft Technologies (TLC: Mac) Publisher(s): Microsoft Game Studios, Feral Interactive (TLC: Mac) Designers: Peter Molyneux, Dene Carter, Ben Huskins, Mark Webley Platforms: Xbox (original…

Title(s): Apollo Justice: Ace Attorney Trilogy (逆転裁判456王泥喜セレクション, Gyakuten Saiban 456: Odoroki Serekushon, lit. Turnabout Trial 456: Odoroki Selection) [Wikipedia] [IMDb] Apollo Justice: Ace Attorney (逆転裁判4, Gyakuten Saiban 4, lit. Turnabout Trial 4) [Wikipedia] [IMDb] Phoenix Wright: Ace Attorney – Dual Destinies (逆転裁判5, Gyakuten Saiban 5, lit.Tur…

Featured Game Reviews: Dead Space [Wikipedia] [IMDb] The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom [Wikipedia] [IMDb] Hogwarts Legacy [Wikipedia] [IMDb] Super Mario RPG [Wikipedia] [IMDb] PROMO: Collateral Cinema Movie Podcast (@CCinemaPodcast) SHOWNOTES: 2023 was a fantastic year for gaming, so we wanted to take a moment to recap some of this last yea…

Title: The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt [Wikipedia] [IMDb] Developer(s): CD Projekt Red, D3T (addtl programming), Saber Interactive (Switch) Publisher: CD Projekt Designers: Konrad Tomaszkiewicz, Mateusz Kanik, Sebastian Stępień (directors) Platforms: PlayStation 4, Windows, Xbox One, Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X/S PROMO: Collateral Cinema…

Title: The Legend of Zelda: Oracle of Seasons [Wikipedia] [IMDb] Developer: Flagship Publisher: Nintendo Designers: Hidemaro Fujibayashi (director), Noritaka Funamizu (producer), Yoichiro Ikeda, Su Chol Lee Platform: Game Boy Color Release date: February 27, 2001 (JP) PROMO: Collateral Cinema Movie Podcast (@CCinemaPodcast) SHOWNOTES: Collateral Ga…

PROMO: Collateral Cinema Movie Podcast (@CCinemaPodcast) SHOWNOTES: Happy New Year, gamers and podcast fans! We hope you had a very Happy Holidays, and we apologize for not having any holiday content on-time this year. This episode of Collateral Gaming: Bonus Round! is a post-holiday Angry Video Game Nerd special. Some of you might remember that on…

Title: The Legend of Zelda: Oracle of Ages [Wikipedia] [IMDb] Developer: Flagship Publisher: Nintendo Designers: Hidemaro Fujibayashi (director), Noritaka Funamizu (producer), Yoichiro Ikeda, Su Chol Lee Platform: Game Boy Color Release date: February 27, 2001 (JP) PROMO: Collateral Cinema Movie Podcast (@CCinemaPodcast) SHOWNOTES: Zelda Month offi…

Title: Marvel's Spider-Man 2 [Wikipedia] [IMDb] Developer: Insomniac Games Publisher: Sony Interactive Entertainment Designers: Bryan Intihar (director), Brian Horton (director), Ryan Smith (director), Alex Vaughn, Joel Usher, Sam Jordan Platform: PlayStation 5 Release date: October 20, 2023 PROMO: Collateral Cinema Movie Podcast (@CCinemaPodcast) …

Title: Marvel's Spider-Man 2 [Wikipedia] [IMDb] Developer: Insomniac Games Publisher: Sony Interactive Entertainment Designers: Bryan Intihar (director), Brian Horton (director), Ryan Smith (director), Alex Vaughn, Joel Usher, Sam Jordan Platform: PlayStation 5 Release date: October 20, 2023 PROMO: Collateral Cinema Movie Podcast (@CCinemaPodcast) …

Title: Call of Duty: Modern Warfare III [Wikipedia] [IMDb] Developer(s): Sledgehammer Games, Treyarch (Zombies/Multiplayer Ranked Play) Publisher: Activision Designer: Zach Hodson Platforms: PlayStation 4, PlayStation 5, Windows, Xbox One, Xbox Series X/S Release date: November 10, 2023 PROMO: Collateral Cinema Movie Podcast (@CCinemaPodcast) SPECI…

Featured Game Review: Resident Evil 3: Nemesis (1999) [Wikipedia] [IMDb] SHOWNOTES: It's been a week since Halloween, but Collateral Gaming has one more treat for you! On the Halloween Edition of the Bonus Round! this year, Ash and Beau are reviewing the 1999 original survival horror title Resident Evil 3: Nemesis for PS1, PC, Dreamcast, and GameCu…

Title: Dino Crisis [Wikipedia] [IMDb] Developer(s): Capcom Production Studio 4, Nextech (DC) Publisher(s): Capcom, Virgin Interactive (PAL) Designers: Shinji Mikami (director/producer), Shu Takumi, Kuniomi Matsushita, Hiroyuki Kobayashi Platforms: PlayStation, Dreamcast, Windows Release date: July 1, 1999 (PS1: JP) PROMO: Collateral Cinema Movie Po…

Title: Marvel's Spider-Man: Miles Morales [Wikipedia] [IMDb] Developer(s): Insomniac Games, Nixxes Software (PC) Producer: Sony Interactive Entertainment Designers: Brian Horton (director), Bryan Intihar (director), Marcus Smith (director), Ryan Smith (director), Cameron Christian, Mark Stuart, Josue Benavidez, Mike Daly, Joel Goodsell, Casey Smith…

Title(s): Marvel's Spider-Man [Wikipedia] [IGDb] Marvel's Spider-Man Remastered Developer(s): Insomniac Games, Nixxes Software (Remastered: PC) Publisher: Sony Interactive Entertainment Designers: Ryan Smith (director), Brian Horton (director), Bryan Intihar (director), Marcus Smith (director) Platforms: PlayStation 4, PlayStation 5 (Remastered), W…

Title: Armored Core VI: Fires of Rubicon [Wikipedia] [IMDb] Developer: FromSoftware Publisher(s): Bandai Namco Entertainment, FromSoftware (JP) Designers: Masaru Yamamura (director), Yasunori Ogura (producer) Platforms: PlayStation 4, PlayStation 5, Windows, Xbox One, Xbox Series X/S Release date: August 25, 2023 PROMO: Collateral Cinema Movie Podc…

Featured Game Series: The Legend of Zelda PROMO: Collateral Cinema Movie Podcast (@CCinemaPodcast) SHOWNOTES: Ash and Zach are back on the Bonus Round! with Zelda still on the brain. With the release of a new title behind us, we thought it was a perfect time for a timeline discussion on The Legend of Zelda! A full unedited rant on franchise lore fr…

Featured Game Reviews: Final Fantasy XVI [Wikipedia] [IMDb] Ghost Trick: Phantom Detective (2023) [Wikipedia] [IMDb] PROMO: Collateral Cinema Movie Podcast (@CCinemaPodcast) SHOWNOTES: Welcome back, gamers! Possibly a little late, but we have a double feature Game Launch episode for the first time on Collateral Gaming, as Ash reviews two titles in …

Title: The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom (ゼルダの伝説 ティアーズ オブ ザ キングダム, Zeruda no Densetsu: Tiāzu obu za Kingudamu) [Wikipedia] [IMDb] Developer(s): Nintendo EPD, Monolith Soft (addt'l work) Publisher: Nintendo Designers: Hidemaro Fujibayashi (director), Eiji Aonuma (producer), Mari Shirakawa, Naoki Mori, Akihito Toda Platform: Nintendo Switch R…

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Title: The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom (ゼルダの伝説 ティアーズ オブ ザ キングダム, Zeruda no Densetsu: Tiāzu obu za Kingudamu) [Wikipedia] [IMDb] Developer(s): Nintendo EPD, Monolith Soft (addt'l work) Publisher: Nintendo Designers: Hidemaro Fujibayashi (director), Eiji Aonuma (producer), Mari Shirakawa, Naoki Mori, Akihito Toda Platform: Nintendo Switch R…

Title: Star Wars Jedi: Survivor [Wikipedia] [IMDb] Developer: Respawn Entertainment Publisher: Electronic Arts Designers: Stig Asmussen, Jason de Heras, Jeff Magers Platforms: PlayStation 5, Windows, Xbox Series X/S Release date: April 28, 2023 PROMO: Collateral Cinema Movie Podcast (@CCinemaPodcast) SPECIAL GUEST: Dan Rockwood, Victims and Villain…

Title: The Super Mario Bros. Movie [Wikipedia] [IMDb] Directors: Aaron Horvath, Michael Jelenic Producers: Shigeru Miyamoto, Chris Meledandri Writer(s): Matthew Fogel, Nintendo (original games) Stars: Chris Pratt, Anya Taylor-Joy, Charlie Day, Jack Black, Keegan-Michael Key, Seth Rogen, Fred Armisen Release date: April 5, 2023 PROMO: Too Many Capta…